The book of Migratory Birds Met With On Holy Island And the Northumbrian Coast
The book of Migratory Birds Met With On Holy Island And the Northumbrian Coast
W Halliday
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The back of the neck, wings, rump, and tail, are of a fine pearl-grey, palest on the back of the neck ; the fore- head, cheeks, throat, and under parts, pure white; the crown of the head and nape, with the upper part of the , 6 3 M 2 164 THE BOOK OF MIGRATORY BIRDS back and mantle, are of a rich glossy greenish-black, the feathers on the centre of the back being rather long, and having their webs unconnected, as in the true herons ; and from the occiput springs a beautiful adornment of gener- a...lly three pure white narrow feathers, which reach to the back. The bill is black; the legs greenish-yellow, appearing of a clearer colour as the bird attains maturity. The specimen captured on February 24, 1909, and brought to the writer, measured thirty-eight inches. It was a male bird in adult plumage, and weighed over six pounds. The shore gunner was secreted in a fissure of the rock facing the harbour, over which the crowds of brent geese wing their flight at eventide, and the heron was observed making for the estuaries, which are formed by the sea and mudflats, at half-flood tide, when a well- directed shot brought it down.
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